PEOPLE v. LOVE

No. 49364.

71 Ill.2d 74 (1978)

373 N.E.2d 1312

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. TYRONE LOVE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Jayne A. Carr, Donald B. Mackay, and Raymond J. McKoski, Assistant Attorneys General, and Laurence J. Bolon, Michael E. Shabat, and Lee T. Hettinger, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Andrew J. Kleczek, Assistant Public Defender, and Keith Spielfogel, law student, of counsel), for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Tyrone Love, was convicted of the voluntary manslaughter of his wife, Sharon. On appeal, the appellate court reversed the conviction on grounds that the State failed to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant's conduct caused...

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